CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is releasing exposure drafts of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026 and related materials for consultation. This is the next tranche of legislation implementing the reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) announced in the 2026‑27 Budget. These reforms will help level the playing field for first home buyers, preserve the gains investors have...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: New ASIC numbers show that a new record has been set for the number of new companies registered last month. 44,040 new companies were registered in July, this came after 43,393 were registered in June. Many more businesses are being created on our watch and there is a much smaller proportion of insolvencies than under the Liberals and Nationals. We have a big agenda to boost productivity and investment an...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Footage and images will be available later today via Hightail. United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has today (Monday, 3 August) welcomed 50 Pacific and Timor Lestepolice officers to the AFP's Pinkenba Hub, where they will be trained as mission-ready UN Police Peacekeepers in five weeks. USG Lacroix joined AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail. A Victorian man is scheduled to appear in Broadmeadows Magistrates Court today (3 August, 2026) charged with assaulting a passenger and cabin crew member on an international flight from Phuket to Melbourne. The man, 21, was charged on 1 April, 2026, after the AFP responded to a request for assistance from airline staff. The AFP will allege the man assaul...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: ACCC oversight over fuel prices, house prices, the 5per cent deposit scheme Sally Sara: Well, to federal politics now, and discounts to the fuel excise and the heavy vehicle road user charge both lapsed today after the federal government decided not to extend them into August. The federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has now written to the watchdog, the ACCC, asking it to increase monitoring of fu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Images and vision available via Hightail link Six children have been removed from harm in the Philippines and a West Australian man has been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years and six months' imprisonment for online child abuse material offences. The man, 74, was sentenced yesterday (28 July, 2026) in the Pe...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note:Photos of missing people and their age-progressed images are availablevia Hightail. Age-progressed images of long-term missing people have been released to help spark information from the community that could bring answers to families. This National Missing Persons Week (2-8 August, 2026), photos have been generated of eight long-term missing people - people missing for more than three months ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 1 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images of the seized items are available via Hightail A NSW man is expected to face Parramatta Bail Court today (1 August, 2026), charged for the alleged possession of prohibited weapons, border controlled drugs and importing a knuckle duster bearing Nazi symbols. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in June, 2026, after receiving a referral from the Aus...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 31 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Prime Minister will be on leave from Friday 31 July until Thursday 6 August 2026. During this time, the Deputy Prime Minister will be Acting Prime Minister. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
CANBERRA, ACT, July 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Images and visionavailable via Hightail A Katoomba manappeared before theNSW Bail Division Courtstoday (31July,2026)chargedwithallegedlypossessingfirearmsand ammunition, as well as plans for manufacturing firearms. An investigation began after the AFP received a report from Australian Border Force...